Railway-tie and rail-fastener.



W. R. FER

RAILWAY TIE AND RAI STENER.

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APPLICATION FILED my .3, 1913 1, 1 12,368, Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

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WILLARD 3. Farmers, on PERRINGTON, MICHIGAN.

RAILWAY-TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

Application filed Mayfi, 1913. Serial No. 765,375.

To all whom 1' t may concern v Be it known that I, VVlLLARD R. Fniuus, a citizen of the United States, residing at Perrington, in the county of Gratiot and State of ltlichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Ties and Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention comprehendscertain new and useful improvements in railway ties and rail fasteners and has for a primary object to provide means for securely fastening the meeting ends of rails to a tie.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a base plate having a fish plate formed therewith for cooperation with a second fish plate carried by the main portions of the tie, the base plate being formed in such man ner as to form part of the tie when secured in position to fasten the meeting ends of the rail or tie.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which will be of extremely simple construction, which may be readily secured in position, and which will securely I fasten the meeting ends of rails to a tie without the use of bolts and nuts, as heretofore employed for this purpose.

Another object is to generally improve and simplify the construction of ties and rail fasteners and increase the efficiency and durability of devices of this character and at the same time reduce the cost thereof, thereby increasing the commercial value of the same.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which.

Figure 1, is an elevational view of my invention in use, rails being shown secured in position, said rails being in cross section. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through one end of the tie and fastener and through a rail secured in position by the same. Fig. 8, is a vertical sectional view on the line 83 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow and with the rail removed. Fig. 4, is an enlarged detail perspective view of the removable block and fish plate carried by the same. Fig. 5, is a similar View of one end of the tie and the fish plate carried thereby, the remainder of the tie being broken away. Fig. 6, is a detail perspective view of one end of one of the rails, showing the recesses formed in the opposite edges of the base portion of the rail, adjacent the ends of the same.

Referring more specifically to the draw mgs, in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 designates the main porthe end 8 of the base of the rail while said base is provided with a recess 9 in its edge to. accommodate one of the lugs 10 formed at the opposite edges of the tie by providing the recess 7 The central portion of the tie is also enlarged, or thickened, as shownat 11 and the space between the inner sides of the rails and the enlarged or thickened central portions of the tie is closed by means of the blocks 12 which are secured in position,

as will be later described, and the blocks carry means for coiiperation with the fish plates 3 and pins 4 to hold the rail ends in position, as will be later fully stated. The blocks 12 are of such thickness that when in position, the upper faces thereof will be flush with the upper face of the remainder of the tie, thus presenting a tie of uniform thickness throughout its length.

Each block 12 has a depending perforated ear 13 for engagement with the vertical opening 14: in the thin portion of the tie and a securing pin 15 is positioned transversely through the thin portion of the tie and through the perforation of the ear 13 to lock the block in position. The inner end of each block 12 is beveled, as shown at 16 for engagement against the correspondingly beveled end of the portion 11 of the tie, thus assisting in holding the block 12 in proper position and preventing turning of the same. A fish plate 17 for engagement against the inner face of the web portion of the meeting ends of the rails 6, is formed upon the outer end of each block 12 and is provided in one face with the sockets 18 to receive the free ends of the pins 4, thus preventing longitudinal movement of the rail ends between the fish plates 3 and 17. The outer end of each block 12 has formed, below the fish plate 17 a central recess 19 with the lugs 20 at its opposite ends, said recess and lugs corresponding to the central recess 7 and lugs 10 and being positioned opposite the same.

lit will be understood that each rail end is formed with the recesses 9 in the oppositeside edges of its base to accommodate the lugs 10 and 20, the ends 8 of the base of the rail ends being received in the central recesses 7 and 19 and the base of each rail end resting upon the thin portion of the tie 1.

From the foregoing it will be clearly seen that the meeting ends of the rails may be readily secured in position against the outer fish plates 3 and upon the thin portions of the tie 1, and the blocks 12 then placed in position and securely fastened by the transverse locking pins 15. lit will also be apparent that after the meeting ends of the rails have been securely fastened in position, longitudinal movement of the same will be prevented and a smooth upper face for the tie will be provided. It will further be seen that by securing the meeting ends of rails in position in this manner, the use of bolts and nuts will be dispensed with and it will be seen that the rails may be readily and securely fastened to the ties of rails from the same, as desired. Further, the parts are of such simple construction that they may be readily and cheaply manufactured, thus greatly reducing the cost of devices of this character and at the same time increasing the efficiency and value of the same, and as there are no bolts and nuts to work out of position, the parts will be securely retained in position.

hile I have shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to this specific form, as minor changes in the details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is The combination with a tie having a recess formed in its upper face and an integral fish plate extending over one side of the recess with a pair of spaced locking lugs t-herebeneath for engagement in recesses in one edge of the base of adjacent rail sections, said tie having a vertical aperture in its recessed portion; of a removable block positioned in the recessed portion of the tie and having a lug'projccting from its lower face and engaged in the vertical aperture in the recessed portion of the tie, and a fastening member engaged transversely through the tie and through said lug, said block having a fish plate formed therewith and adapted for cooperation with the first mentioned fish plate, said block also having a pair of lugs formed therewith beneath the second mentioned fish plate and opposite the first mentioned lugs, said lugs formed with the block being adapted for engagement in the recesses in the opposite edge of the base of the rail sections.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afllx my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLARD It. FERRIS.

Witnesses H. V. Fnnms, A. F. SINNn'r.

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